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UBPS to acquire, consolidate three business payment companiesUniversal Business Payment Solutions has entered into definitive agreements to acquire three profitable and growing companies to facilitate its strategy of providing end-to-end transaction processing services to small businesses: Electronic Merchant Systems, a major credit and debit card sales organization; Jet Pay LLC, a top-15 U. S. credit and debit card processor according to Nilson; and A D Computer Corporation and Payroll Tax Filing Services, related payroll processing and tax filing companies. UBPS will acquire the three companies in a transaction valued at approximately $179M, of which $104M will be paid in cash, $38M in newly issued UBPS common stock, and the balance as future payments in cash and UBPS stock. The cash portion of the consideration will be funded by a combination of a $60M credit facility and UBPS cash held in trust.